On 6/11/2015 1:36 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> On Thursday, June 11, 2015 at 9:23:03 AM UTC-10, wrote:
>> On Wednesday, June 10, 2015 at 11:43:53 PM UTC-4, wrote:
>>> The old work gang used to go out for Japanese food every once in a while, but
>>> they have moved on. So I would like to try making some simple dishes at home.
>>> Emphasis on "simple."
>>>
>>> For reference, we used to eat combo lunches with chicken teriyaki or tonkatsu, sometimes mackeral teriyaki. Then veggie tempura, sashimi, and a bit of
>>> lettuce salad.
>>>
>>> Do people have tiny deep fryers at home?
>>
>> Well, tempura is something we pig out on, on occasion. Lots of random
>> veggies, lots of random seafood[1], in a nice light rice flour batter.
>> With a gingery rice-vinegary salad and sushi (rice) topped with sesame
>> seeds or tobiko, sometimes pickled vegetables. Saki.
>> All easy.
>>
>> For deep frying, I now use my fondue pot, which can heat oil up to
>> frying temperatures. This one:
>>
>> <http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007QXZ5W2/ref=s9_simh_gw_p79_d0_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_ rd_s=desktop-2&pf_rd_r=0KK4DASQWA98G6X29A6M&pf_rd_t=36701&pf_rd _p=2091268722&pf_rd_i=desktop>
>>
>> It cleans up very easily.
>>
>> [1] They sell bags of frozen "weird sea creatures," (as I call them
>> to tease Mrs. Beitel), intended for paella, in the supermarket. It makes a good source of seafood to tempura-ize beyond the usual suspects..
>
> My mother-in-law once forced me to taste her Korean soup - boy that was terrifying. It was blood red with little fishes and baby octopus. I didn't know if it was soup or a bloody aquarium of red-hot floating death. My wife and her mom were right there next to me waiting for me to try some - that was some awful experience. That's Koreans for you...

Oh no!

The graphics on that one are killer.

Glad the soup wasn't ;-)